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    GENUS SISYMBRIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers; many are considered to be weedsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sisymbrium" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sisymbrium"):

    hedge mustard; Sisymbrium officinale (stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally)

    Holonyms ("genus Sisymbrium" is a member of...):

    Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

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